[PATCH] redundant NULL checks before kfree should go away...

[Jesper Juhl]

(keeping me on CC when replying will be appreciated, thanks)


kfree() checks for NULL pointers. Checking prior to calling it is 
reundant.
This patch removes such redundant checks from arch/ppc64/

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml at dif.dk>

diff -upr linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/lparcfg.c linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/lparcfg.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/lparcfg.c	2005-04-05 21:21:14.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/lparcfg.c	2005-04-11 22:23:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -597,9 +597,7 @@ int __init lparcfg_init(void)
 void __exit lparcfg_cleanup(void)
 {
 	if (proc_ppc64_lparcfg) {
-		if (proc_ppc64_lparcfg->data) {
-			kfree(proc_ppc64_lparcfg->data);
-		}
+		kfree(proc_ppc64_lparcfg->data);
 		remove_proc_entry("lparcfg", proc_ppc64_lparcfg->parent);
 	}
 }
diff -upr linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_reconfig.c linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_reconfig.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_reconfig.c	2005-04-05 21:21:14.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_reconfig.c	2005-04-11 22:25:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -294,10 +294,8 @@ static struct property *new_property(con
 	return new;
 
 cleanup:
-	if (new->name)
-		kfree(new->name);
-	if (new->value)
-		kfree(new->value);
+	kfree(new->name);
+	kfree(new->value);
 	kfree(new);
 	return NULL;
 }
diff -upr linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/rtas_flash.c linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/rtas_flash.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/rtas_flash.c	2005-04-05 21:21:14.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/rtas_flash.c	2005-04-11 22:25:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -565,8 +565,7 @@ static int validate_flash_release(struct
 static void remove_flash_pde(struct proc_dir_entry *dp)
 {
 	if (dp) {
-		if (dp->data != NULL)
-			kfree(dp->data);
+		kfree(dp->data);
 		dp->owner = NULL;
 		remove_proc_entry(dp->name, dp->parent);
 	}
diff -upr linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/scanlog.c linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/scanlog.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/scanlog.c	2005-04-05 21:21:14.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/arch/ppc64/kernel/scanlog.c	2005-04-11 22:26:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ int __init scanlog_init(void)
 void __exit scanlog_cleanup(void)
 {
 	if (proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump) {
-		if (proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump->data)
-			kfree(proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump->data);
+		kfree(proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump->data);
 		remove_proc_entry("scan-log-dump", proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump->parent);
 	}
 }